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Up close with Daimler’s new Highway Pilot Connect autonomous platooning system
CCJ Editor Jeff Crissey offers an up close look at Daimler’s new autonomous platooning system on a stretch of Germany’s Autobahn this week following the introduction of the system on Monday.-
March 22, 2016
Business
Indicators: Tonnage sees major boom in February, ATA reports, reaching all-time high
The amount of freight moved by the for-hire trucking industry, as measured by the American Trucking Associations’ monthly Truck Tonnage Index, jumped 7.2 percent in February, pushing the index to its highest reading on record. ATA’s Chief Economist, however, cautions the industry to “not read too much into it.”
March 22, 2016
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Volvo unveils new engine lineup for 2017, I-Shift updates
Volvo Trucks intros new engine line, which will include improvements to aftertreatment system and updated I-Shift capabilities.
March 22, 2016
Business
Fortune Transportation selects SmartDrive’s video safety program
SmartDrive Systems announced that Fortune Transportation is deploying the SmartDrive video-based safety program across its fleet of more than 150 vehicles.
March 22, 2016
Business
Zonar adds ZFuel analysis tool to updated fleet management application
Zonar announced the general availability of its Ground Traffic Control (GTC) Performance package, which includes a ZFuel application.
March 22, 2016
Business
PeopleNet integrates with Wabco for in-cab tire pressure monitoring
Wheel-mounted sensors in WABCO’s Integrated Vehicle Tire Monitoring (IVTM) system wirelessly update tire pressures in PeopleNet’s in-cab display.
March 22, 2016
Business
Martin Transportation installs Lytx DriveCam driver monitoring system across all fleet trucks
Martin Transportation Director of Safety Jeffrey Wood said the company plans to use the systems as an “impartial witness” in crash fault claims.
March 22, 2016
Business
Taking care of defects: making use of electronic DVIRs
Telematics providers are extending DVIR functionality outside the cab with mobile devices and apps for the vehicle inspection process.
March 21, 2016
Business
ATRI seeking driver input on truck parking shortage
ATRI is recruiting drivers who will keep a 14-day “diary” of their truck parking issues. The diaries ask drivers to record daily stops that relate to fuel and food stops, their 30-minute rest break and the mandated 10-hour break.
March 21, 2016
Business
Price of diesel continues upward trend
Diesel prices remain below $2 now in just one region in the U.S. after a two-cent increase in the country’s national average in the most recent week, ending March 21, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report.
March 21, 2016
Business
Steel co. wants FMCSA to allow its drivers 16 hours on-duty time
ArcelorMittal-Indiana Harbor is requesting exemptions from the 14-hour regulation, as well as some equipment regulations, for its trucks that operate only in and around the company’s plant.
March 21, 2016
Business
Daimler outlines vision for the future of vehicle connectivity, announces platooning system
Citing global road freight growth projections of three times their current levels by 2025, Daimler outlined its strategy is to create a connected truck environment that provides sophisticated real-time data exchange, greater efficiency and transparency throughout the supply chain. It also announced its Highway Pilot system now offers platooning capabilities.
March 21, 2016
Business
Following pressure from trucking industry, lawmakers push back on FMCSA’s Safety Fitness rule
A group of 33 members of the U.S. House last week sent a letter to senior members of the House’s Appropriations Committee asking them to put a stop to the DOT’s Safety Fitness Determination (SFD) rulemaking until Congressionally required reform of the agency’s CSA system is completed.
March 21, 2016
Business
DOT says it will accept Mexican inspection standards for cross-border haulers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced this week it now accepts Mexico’s criteria for annual inspection of trucks domiciled there after concluding its inspection standards were comparable to the United States.
March 18, 2016
Business
FMCSA launches new website to house resources for military vets looking to get into trucking
The site provides updates on initiatives in development from the December-passed FAST Act highway bill, information about existing FMCSA programs for veterans, information about the Military Skills Test Waiver Program, partnership initiatives and job resources for veterans.
March 18, 2016
Business
Cargo theft data from south of the border shows Mexican trucking industry hit hard by thieves
Cargo theft in the United States may be worrisome, with an average of more than two incidents per day nationally, according to FreightWatch International, but it’s even worse in Mexico, which averages almost three cargo theft incidents per day. And the Mexican trucking industry is just a fraction of the size of the U.S.’ trucking industry.
March 18, 2016
Business
Digitizing compliance: going paperless to manage big data
Managing CSA, hours of service and other data has largely become a digital exercise due to the ever-increasing need to use information, not paper, to stay in compliance and to become more efficient.
March 18, 2016
Business
FMCSA shuts down carrier for bevy of driver-related violations, shuts down trucker following hit and run
A South Carolina driver was effectively shut down by the FMCSA after his involvement in a fatal hit-and-run crash in February, and a Massachusetts-based trucking company was issued a shutdown order for a myriad of violations following an FMCSA investigation.
March 17, 2016
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